Browse: Orchestral, Bowen (composer)

they're deftly written and inventive, and realised here in spirited, thoroughly sympathetic performances — BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[York2] create such magical, velvet-toned sonorities - especially potent in Venus and Saturn - that the senses are consistently beguiled. They also unearth all manner of ear-tweaking details... — Classic FM Magazine, June 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This most welcome second volume of British overtures serves to accentuate the sheer diversity of works this country produced in the genre between the 1890s and the 1940s and, moreover, where... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2016 More…

Joseph Moog and Kai Adomeit are fully attuned to the more percussive aspects of Rachmaninov’s writing. In the outer sections of the f inal dance, they batter the listener with high voltage dynamically... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2023, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The Second and Third Piano Concertos, together with the ambitious SymphonicFantasia, make a fine follow-up to the coupling of the First Piano Concerto and Violin Concerto. Such largesse deserves... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Murdoch’s exemplary pianism and intelligent musicianship consistently make themselves felt. The pianist himself singled out his 1927 Chopin Third Ballade as a favourite. One can hear why: his... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2019 More…